Tour de Boland

The '13 Tour de Boland will run during the week preceding the Argus Tour, and will cover four days of racing. It is open to all junior men (& older) and all women elite (& older).

The start and finish will be, like before, at the same venue each day, a beautiful wine farm equidistant to Stellenbosch, Franshhoek and Paarl.

Stages - Tue to Fri:
1. Late afternoon: ITT to top of Helshoogte - 10km - followed by compulsory light dinner / awards / riders' meeting
2. Morning: TTT of 40km (individual riders will be grouped in small start groups based on ITT times - groups/teams may compeletely split up, en route  - a bit of a new format, seeing as we have both individuals and teams racing)
3. Morning: 150km RR around Helshoogte / Simonsberg - slower riders diverted onto shorter course, with neutralised finish (after circa100km of racing)
4. Morning: half-hour criterium for stage 3's slower riders, and one hour for "GC group."
5. Lunchtime prize giving - cheques will handed over to winners, so no delays on prize monies like in the past! The more entries we receive the larger the purse - we have no sponsor this year :(

Final details will be made public during the course of the next two weeks -we're finding some great accommodation deals for teams intending to stay in our neck of the woods - let us know if we can help with that.

Early Bird entries secured and paid for up till Friday 18 January are only R1000 per person, including the dinner and lunch.

Payments cleared after 18th midnight will cost R1500 per rider. The cut-off is 100 riders. Boland Cycling Association-based riders only pay R500 per rider if paid for during this Early Bird week - the standard price will apply after this week's special opportunity.

Go to http://tinyurl.com/tdboland2013 to make your mark!